Edith A Shepherd
Edith is another one of the children who died young to be buried here. Edith was the daughter of John and Zipha Shepard. Her father John is also buried in […]
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Edith is another one of the children who died young to be buried here. Edith was the daughter of John and Zipha Shepard. Her father John is also buried in […]
Lucy Ann Sucher, the wife of Henry B. Sucher and daughter of John Shepard died in 1870 shortly after the birth of her newborn son. She and her newborn son
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Michael was one of three young children of Michael Sucher and Catherine Wolf buried in this cemetery. Michael shares a headstone with his brother Walter, even though their deaths were
Avis and her husband Israel were active in the Underground Railroad. Their homje served as documented site for fugitive enslaved persons making their way to Canada. Israel and Avis Blodgett
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Mary was the daughter of Israel and Avis Dodge Blodgett. She is one of two of the eight Blodgett children buried with their parents. The other child buried here was
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Daniel Kingsley Blodgett was the son of Israel and Avis Dodge Blodgett. He died in his late teens. He is one of two of the eight Blodgett children buried with
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Alexander French Foster married his wife Nancy Olivia Adams in 1839. After several moves, the family finally settled on a house on Maple Avenue. Alexander worked as a carpenter often
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Roswell Otis Curtiss was a son of Samuel and Mary Hatch Curtiss. He came to Downers Grove with his family in 1836. He worked in the tavern his father owned
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Mary Hatch was born and grew up in Windsor, Vermont. Her ancestors came to America and by the 1680s were among the founding fathers of Hartford, Connecticut. They fought on
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